The President of India has appointed former Supreme Court judge Justice S Abdul Nazeer as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

Justice Nazeer retired on January 4. Justice Nazeer was part of the historic Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi judgment.

Justice Nazeer was born on January 5, 1958 and enrolled as an advocate on February 18, 1983. He practiced before the Karnataka High Court and was appointed as an additional Judge of the High Court on May 12, 2003.

During his farewell from the top court, CJI DY Chandrachud had mentioned about Justice Nazeer's simplicity highlighting that the judge did not even have a passport till 2019 and first travelled outside the country to Moscow only a few weeks ago.

"He is simple to the core. Until recently his only IDs were driving license and judges ID. His passport was made in 2019 and he said that the first stamp on that passport was when he travelled to Moscow a few weeks ago."